I never realized that I‘d find it rude if nobody said „Gesundheit!“, but now that I think about it, you are so right! In most situations I would definitely think it‘s very rude. And it hardly ever happens here. Fun story: Just last week when I was grocery shopping, I gave someone a coin that he had left in the shopping cart. He replied that he left it there on purpose, because it had already been in the cart when he took it. So he thanked me, but he did not want to take the coin from me, because it was not his. And what did I do? I put it back into the cart. Just because it was not mine, too. Obviously it‘s true, (some) Germans are very honest. I think we want to live in a society where we can trust (and rely on) each other, so we make sure that all others can trust (and rely on) us. Not all Germans are like this, of course, but maybe you are right and it still is "typical German".

I recently found a „Pfandbeleg“ on the floor in a supermarket and when i returned it saying it wasn‘t mine to cash in, the cashier opened a draw with a little box in it and said: we get a lot of these! We collect them and around christmasstime we cash them in and give it to the homeless. I asked: wich one (we have 3 in the inner city area) The Cashier nodded (totally understanding my problem) and said: of course we devide it equally between the 3 men 😂Even as a german this felt like a particulary german conversation to me 😅

2:15 Some Germans will say "Thank you" after sneezing, even if no one wished "Gesundheit" to them, which intentionally causes some awkward moment where the others realize that they forgot to wish good health.

As a German I once was on a ride in a train and someone sneezed very loud and a few times from the other side of the train compartenment, far away and near my seat someone screamed totally loud "GESUNDHEIT". Then the whole train was in laughter.

German understatement speaking foreign languages: When it comes to perfection, the glass is always half empty for a German. And when we're asked if we can speak English, in our minds we are still sitting in school and are afraid of failing the test. 😅

Learning to open beer bottles with anything usually starts around drinking age, mostly beginning with lighters. Once you work it out, you can use anything.

Yes, Germans underestimate their English skills. English is not my first but after living in Canada for over 20 years I consider my English close to advanced. Then a couple of years ago I spent almost a month in Munich. On my first day I went to a corner bakery early in the morning and these 2 cute old ladies were the only ones working behind the counter. They were easily 70 y.o. Then I asked if they spoke english and they said “Ja, a bit”. I spoke simple sentences and a bit slower than usual. Well, it turned out that their English was as good as mine. “Would you like some milk in your coffee?” Or “would you have 5 cents by any chance this way I will give you €1 back?” I left thinking they were making fun of me but after a few days I realized that it’s a natural answer from Germans no matter how well they speak. I think they are so perfectionist that they really think they don’t speak enough English because they are not native speakers.

When an american learns 5 words of a foreign language, many of them would say 'I speak ... (german, for example)". And they show this little knowledge very proud. That would never happened with a german, cause we really don't like to do stuff, which we are not accomplished in and able to show a decent result. That's why we like to lower the expatations so as not to disappoint anyone. Greetings from Berlin 😎

Wir sagen, wir sprechen nur ein bisschen Englisch, damit niemand ein Englisch auf Muttersprachlerniveau erwartet. Denn dann würden wir uns blamieren, wenn wir erst behaupten, etwas zu können und es sich im Anschluss als unperfekt herausstellt. Wir lieben Perfektion und wir können es nicht leiden, wenn Leute lügen oder Aufschneider sind (also Leute, die behaupten, besser in etwas zu sein als sie es in Wirklichkeit sind). Ich habe immer einen Flaschenöffner bei mir, wenn ich das Haus verlasse, denn das mit den Bierflaschen kann ich absolut nicht. Es liegt nicht automatisch in der deutschen DNS. 😀 Und oft freuen sich andere Leute über meinen Flaschenöffner, die das ebenfalls nicht können.

Saying "Gsundheit" (without the first "e") is an almost instinctive reaction as well in Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Austria. Whether one knows the sneezing person or not doesn't matter.

I am German. Someone asked me who wrote the opera La Boheme. I said Puccini. He answered Gesundheit !

In French, we maybe do not say "Gesundheit" as much as the Germans, but whenever somebody we know fairly well sneezes, we wisch this person "To your hope" with a "A vos souhaits" or "A tes souhaits". I believe it is something similar to "God bless you", which I have heard in English speaking Canada.

Me, as a German, was very astonished by our unique behavior. It was very funny! Thanks for agood lough in a positive way.

As a child in the USA--say 1950--I learned to say "Gesundheit," but only when I began to learn German (1964) did I learn that it was an everyday feminine noun meaning "health." In my county now (in Maryland USA) there was a rule that boxes must be flattened for recycling, then the rule was rescinded. I assume that the government realized that people may have arthritis or just lack box-flattening skills. A big theme today is to have a society that includes all kinds of people. I'm an old guy but try to put out recyclables that are as clean and neat as possible, with some help from my son. Then our boxes and bottles etc are accepted as being good enough. Some materials are excluded, then the whole batch is not taken. Besten Dank für ein interessantes Video.

XD That sneezing thing is so true. And also, if you happen to sneeze louder than normal and people are startled or shocked by the volume of it... They won't mention it, instead they will say "Gesundheit" in a tone with slightly more attitude. Like "Gee-SUNDHEIT!!!" And then someone else might say "now we're awake." Especially if you sneeze loudly early in the morning at work. LOL

Wieder ein tolles Video, bei dem ich öfters schmunzeln mußte…besonders bei dem Thema Flaschen öffnen. Mir war garnicht bewußt, daß wir soviel Dinge machen, die so typisch Deutsch sind. Auf einen 2. oder sogar 3. Teil würde ich mich sehr freuen

1:50 Back in my 5th-8th grade we had a very strict and (at the time already) rather old biology teacher who was completely *opposed* to the very idea to say "Gesundheit" to anyone. She actually expected us, as her students, to apologize whenever we "dared to interrupt" her lesson with a sneeze. To this day I often find myself saying "Sorry" after sneezing without realizing that I just did until people look at me weird and ask if everything is okay. Just your regular school trauma or something along those lines, I guess 😂

Returning lost items: Well, everyone loves to get their lost stuff back... so, if everybody takes lost property to the lost-and-found office, it can come true 😊 This summer, my daughter and I were taking a walk in an other town when we found a smartphone with some cash (50€, iirc) on a park bench... of course we would look for the nearest police station and hand it in. Given how often I myself have left my phone, my keys or or even my wallet somewhere (mostly in the supermarket) and always got them back, with no money missing. 🙃

Ja! Ein Pappkarton muss richtig platt werden, bevor er in den Container kann! Nicht nur einfach nur platt, ich muss ihn auch mehrmals falten und wieder platt reden! Erst dann bin ich so richtig befriedigt! Lach! Danke für das Video! Und einen schönen zweiten Advent!❤😂

Ich habe mich in allen Dingen wieder gefunden. Das war lustig! Gerne einen zweiten Teil 😊

It is good that you think everyone in Germany always says Gesundheit. Actually Knigge went on a crusade and tried getting rid of this habit. Fortunately only a few people stopped saying it. It is a wholesome habit and I hope we will keep it up forever.

Fun fact: At my wedding last year, we had a game where someone had to open beer bottles with as many random objects as possible 😁 (including stuff like a sheet of paper - surprisingly sturdy if you fold it a few times - and some gummy flip-flops ...)

I've been living in Germany for 50 years and have never had the feeling that I must say "Gesundheit"!!

Thats funny because sometimes someone sneezes three times in a row and I'll be saying three times Gesundheit 😂

Of course one can say „Gesundheit“, when someone sneezes. However - according to the „Deutsche Knigge-Gesellschaft“ - it is more stylish to silently ignore the loudly presented bodily function of the other person. The sneezing person is already in the foreground enough. And in addition to that, the sneezer is indirectly described as „sick“ by wishing them „Gesundheit“. It surely is acceptable to say „Gesundheit“ - especially in a more informal, private context, but it just doesn't make a particularly distinguished impression. Less informed people may find this rude - it's the same with „Mahlzeit“ …

Kia ora! I wonder what the uniquely Kiwi traits are. I find the rangatahi, the young people are really respectful and extremely helpful towards older people. I am not particularly old, but when I got some grey hairs I noticed the helpfulness a lot. The Maori people react naturally and instantly when helping or giving to others. Before I had a dog to look after, I would take a bus down the line for my weekends in a woolshed by a river & native bush. I would take a bus into the city carrying 2 or 3 bags, a coat, reading glasses, bus ticket, phone, sunglasses etc. During covid, wearing a mask and having my long hair flying everywhere at the bus stop was a new experience and quite a struggle. While practising my new skill of catching buses on time I learned some unexpected things. One time I found I left my bag at the bus stop in town so quickly drove back and from a distance saw my bag still there, in full view of hundreds of people. I also lost my reading glasses once and found them a month or two later at my bus stop. The tikanga ways of the Maori are very beautiful. I thought you could put together some uniquely Kiwi stuff. The first things I think of is our sweet as thing here, but that's similar to the she'll be right thing that the Aussie's probably started. So then I thought of Chur Bro. Kiwis don't just call people "mate" like the Aussies, we are more into the whanau family thing, so everyone is "Bro", as per the family connectedness concept. I also thought about the "giving back" concept when I was watching the St Andrews kids in Christchurch who performed 'Stairway to Heaven" which went viral this week. Check it out, Sister... you must be so proud of our little country. If you did a little research you could do a podcast about Christchurch. Not just about the school kids going viral, but about resilient people going through the earthquake & shootings (Aussie white supremecist) in our once innocent peace-loving nation. Very interesting podcast, Antoinette. Keep warm, mate! Tena koutou: Come on people. Give back today and click "subscribe". People out here in the world are learning some awesome stuff about Germans. The recycling and honesty...Chur Bro! We are not as good at recycling or handing back coins... but we have other precious things to share. Giving back to help raise someone else up is a kind and simple step for ourselves, for our growth (mana).

In The Netherlands we say: Gezondheid (Gesungheit in Dutch)

My wife and I regularly drive from Germany to Italy to visit her relatives. We always have to go through Austria and because fuel is cheaper there, we fill up in a town called Langkampfen. There is a farm shop there, without staff. You go in, help yourself and pay with your card. You can also pay in cash and for this purpose there is a large, flat basket into which you throw the amount due. The money lies openly in the basket, so anyone could steal it. One fine day, when we were shopping, we met the farmer replenishing his stock and I asked him whether free access to cash might not be too much of a temptation for some people to help themselves. The farmer shook his head and said that in his experience he had no losses. My wife, who is Italian, said with a laugh: "In Italy, the shop would be emptied on the first night and the money would be gone." And in Germany too there are fields where you can harvest vegetables or flowers. At the edge of the field there is a sign showing the prices and a cash register for payment. This system has been in place for decades and it is evident that the business is profitable. It is a matter of fairness.

The "Gesundheit" wish comes from the time of the plague. This usually began with someone sneezing and usually ended in death. So it made sense to wish "Gesundheit" to someone who sneezed. This custom has survived, even after the plague was long gone. Perhaps it was appropriate again with Covid.

I am a Ukrainian refugee in Germany. I'm learning German, but I still start all conversations with the phrase „Entschuldigung, sprechen Sie Englisch?“. And they always answer "just a little" XD

Btw. we don't flatten cartons for fun because we pay per volume.

Some years ago it was announced by the „Deutsche Knigge-Rat“ that saying „Gesundheit“ is not appropriate anymore. Instead of that we should ignore it. I really tried to do that, although it was so difficult, but after some time I realized that most people didn’t know about the changed rules or didn’t care about them. So I started saying Gesundheit again. Coins: as your son said so rightly: if it is not his, it belongs to someone else. I also ask. Opening beer: I don’t drink beer. Maybe that’s the reason why I am like a foreigner in my own country and need a bottle opener (if that’s the word for it). Speaking english: Despite my shortcomings I usually say yes, when asked that question. Most people only try to find their way and don’t expect a scientific lecture or something like that. But when I was younger, I used to say „not so well“ or something like that. Paper bin: I assume all countries with a recycling system and paper bins fold boxes. At least, if they have to share the bins with their enraged neighbors 😎

That was really funny and sweet, thank you!

to open a beer bottle all you need is a "harte Kante" (a hard edge, border, ridge) and a non-twist-off (non-anglo-american version) bottle cap

If a box refuses to be flattened properly, then you can also rip it apart 😉 I never take things lying around. The owner might be looking for them, retracing their steps. 🤷‍♀️ I open bottles with bottle openers because other things might get damaged, when you open bottles with them. But if there’s no opener around… well its not that difficult. 😅

With the beer bottles it's like with anything else. You have to believe you can do it.

About the thing with the coin & honesty in general: (sorry it got a bit long) If you see it falling down, or if there is someone around, you only pick it up to give it to someone. But if you are somewhere, with no one around who could have lost the coin (most of the time it will be a red one, so a 1, 2, or 5 Cent), then you can pick it up. There is even the "Glückspfennig", or "Glückscent" by now. It meany something like "lucky penny" and it's the luck of finding one and a small superstition it will/can bring you some luck. On new year you can see them together with the other lucky things. Sometimes you can even see such 1 cent coins with a small figure of a ladybug or a pig, or a four leaf clover glued to it for sale. (these are really cheap) So, if there is not really a chance the person who lost it will come back to pick it up, you can pick up coins. (At least everyone I know does it) But it's not rare to see people running after someone who dropped something. One time I saw an older lady packing her groceries in her car, when her portmonaie fell out of her pocket. She hadn't realized it, so I told her. I saw these situations often. And if you were shopping and you realize the cashier forgot to charge you for something, you go back into the store to pay for it. (At least when the cashier wasn't entirely rude) My mother once didn't pay for a six-pack of water. She told the cashier twice, that she needed to scan the water. She got shushed and cursed out both time. So she stopeed saying anything and got it for free. (Cashiers need to pay the mising money in their cash register out of their own pockets. At least it was so, when my mother still worked as one) It's normal to the tell someone their charged to little. But if the persone is extremely rude like in this case, even nice people get angry and just leave I once lost my portmonaie during a large convention. I got it back with all the cards, all money and everything in it. And another time a large bag was forgoten in the subway and it was brought the lost and found in the main train station. A worker there even stayed after hours, so we could get back our stuff (it was winter and all our winter jackets where in there. together with my portmonaie and house keys. So it would had been really bad to have lost them forever) The only lost item I never got back was a ring. I lost weight and it must had slipped of my finger (it was extremely loose). I called the Event afterwards, but they had nothing. I had no idea where the lost and found of that city was, so I couldn't ask there. So maybe it was found, but I don't know. It could have fallen into a gully as well, as I was walking around outside as well... Well: Of course not everyone is like this. I have seen people cutting flowers on a field without paying, and I believe not every portmonaie that's found will find it's way to it's owner. But it's common sense to not steal and be honest for most people.

Sorry for my bad English, but I have to commit I‘m a German what I‘d like to say is, that your husband is totally right concerning the paper recycling box. If the box is filled up and next emptying is far in future the whole process of paper recycling stucks. Have a nice day and god bless you😉

Being one of „them“, I can confirm everything you said 😅. Fun fact, just today I found a 10 yen coin in front of Tokyo station on the street and just took it😱. Last night a man snooze while waiting for a green light to go and I didn’t say Gesundheit. Do I have to surrender my German passport now?😂.

Fun fact: There is an old book here, titled 'Über den Umgang mit Menschen' von Adolph Knigge, which is about to teach the people good manners, like holding the door open for women ... All germans know that at least partly and when it comes to the sneezing, this book says, you just have to ignore all kinds of unintentional sounds that people do. And this works for farting and burb. But with sneezing, I've never seen why it is considered to be rude or unpolite to wish someone good health. And as foreigners allways say about germans, we do like to follow rules, but only, if the rule make sense. And this rule make no sense to us, so we just ignore that. 😉

My first time opening a bottle with toilet paper(not the best paper for this task)made me smile.

About the recycling bins, as much as we Germans want to pack everything neat and tidy, I think noone keeps in mind, that a regular 240l recycling bin would weigh arround 120kg when packed chock-full with just neatly stacked sheetpaper, or magazines. Try to pull that one from where it's resting to the curb where it will be picked up. And not forgetting the old lady, who lived the longest in our house, who, whether it was her week to care for the bins to be moved for the pickup would go out around noon, brought the empty bins back to the resting place and would wash out the "Restmülltone" and the compostable bin. She has my greatest respect. And about "Gesundheit", no saying it usually results in an ironic "Gesundheit! Danke! Alles muss man selber sagen." from me 😂

We germans are perfectionists and unless we speak 100% accentfree english, we consider it imperfect and therefor we humbly say " i speak a little bit of english" when infact we can hold prolonged conversations in fluid english....how do you know your speaking to a german?....he corrects you in your own native toungh ^^

😂 Yeah, I'm German and I can open beer bottles with almost everything, I will say "Gesundheit", if you sneeze, I would look, who's coin it is and just take it, when there's no one around and I will recycle everything and I hate it, when people don't do it and of course I fold paper. 😅 Although I'm a foreign language secretary or correspondence clerk (I don't know the exact English translation) for English, I am reserved when I speak to native speakers. I actually don't know why. Writing is much easier to me than speaking. 😊

Again you nailed it. I totally agree that all your points feel like spot on. Regarding the beer bottle opening: You ask how we do it. At least for me it was secretly training at home alone many decades ago to avoid to embarrass myself being public. True story. Btw We have a saying here if one wonders how we manage this beer bottle opening magic: The beer bottle that I cannot open is still to be invented 😆

That thing with being able to open a beer bottle with whatever you grab first is a typical men's ability - I'm a German woman and I never understood how they do it! 😂

Beer bottle opening 😂, so true. I hardly ever open a bottle of beer with an opener for bottles, but nearly everything else which is in a grabbable aproximity.

When you're a smoker, you usually take your lighter to open a bottle of beer!

Thank you Emilily! 🥰

The beer bottle trick is the right grip with you left hand that holds the beer bottle. It has to be tight and as far at the top as possible so you can put in any lever. And the object with which you open is has to have an edge.

People in the U.S say "gesundheit" as well.

How to open a bottle: Just hook under the cap and yank 😁 The toughest device I used to open a bottle was actually a 5 cent coin. That really was a challenge.

Thank you for being so nice and kind to us

A very enjoyable video, thank you 👍

1. We have a "Knigge"!!! Nevertheless very funny :D We even shout through the crowd to "wish health" to someone sneezing. 2. We train to open beers in our youth!!!

Using any tool or objects to open a beer bottle is not only a German thing. Most Danes learn that too, at least the young men. When I was a child I found it very difficult but after a few thousand bottles you get the hack of it. In the end using your cellphone or remote control as a bottle opener will ruin them, but of course you can use softer materials, like a rolled up newspaper to open your bottle. I am sure it has something to do with drinking culture, that you want to learn such a skill. At first you think you look cool, but later you find out it is just practical. I would use any knife, fork, spoon or hard object if a beer opener was not visible (not silvery though, because silver is too soft and you will scratch it). If I'm in the garden I would use any hand tool with an edge. For many years I always carried a bottle opener with my keys, but when the keys are not around you are able to help yourself 😂

All you need to open a crown cap/bottle cap is a firm edge and some leverage and/or impluse. Everybody can learn it... 😄

the typical tool for a german craftsman to open a beer bottle is the folding ruler. the folding ruler it self is very german and much more prefered over the tape measure

Where most people fail opening a beer bottle is the grip. Tighten your grip so that your fingers get stiffer. So that way everything can used as a lever when it has somewhat of an edge.

6:18 We do paper recycling since over 200 years. In the old times we use old dirty book paper as toilet paper, specially in the many war times between the short peace times. Since we know use Newspapers to inform herself - in the old times three times on day have a news paper, one at morning, one at noon for the day, and at evening. After old news paper telling only yesterday news the fishermen use them to store the fish in it if you buy one from the Kutter or at marketplace. In the old times people use wood fire, do you make it on - right, old newspaper. Do you can put them on the wall for isolation materials too. Big press and magazine companies use it for print more fresh news papers the next day too. So we recycle paper since so long time that we most forget why we this do - what do you do with old news papers, magazines, and old wrapping paper in New Zealand?

I had a collegue who shouted ‚Aufwischen!‘ after somedy loud sneeze

If I remember it corectly ,saying "Gesundheit" isn´t similar to "bless you" , it isn´t a wish for the person who sneezed , it is like breaking a curse spell for oneself so that oneself does not catch your illness!But that is mostly forgotten because it´s from a time when the plague raided the land. 😉

I really love your videos 🤗🤗🤗

Thank you for this nice video since a bit more than a year I'm living in Germany I'm from Belgium and it also wondered me what you are telling in the begining, but now I'm used to it, I met here a lot of friendly people.

We germans underestimate our english because we have so much different words with tiny different meanings for everything in german and I think sometimes when I talk english, what is the correct english word for a special meaning? Than I use a word which I think could fit too, but then I have the feeling, that I talk a very simple elementary english but sometimes when I google this missing word later which I couldn´t remember, than I see, that there is no other english word and I thought much to complicated in my german way And by the way I can open beer bottels with everything also, even with a paper sheet

🤣I had to laugh so much about the topic "opening a beer bottle". That is so true. My husband even just opens the beer bottle with a different crown cap. A friend even with his teeth. Which is unusual, even for hardened beer openers.

Actually I heared that this Gesundheit-Thing comes from the fear of the plague and cevere pandemics. It means two things: Get well soon and Hope you just have a cold /and no plague)

Saying "Gesundheit" after sneezing is like saying "thank you" after getting something from someone. It might considered rude if you don't do it.

Fun to watch. I'm not shy about my english, anymore. But it took a while. Pronounciation is a huge thing. About the "Gesundheit"-thing: a few years ago, the "Knigge", the self-titled maker of rules, about how to behave in society decided, that it would be rude to say "Gesundheit", if someone sneezes. Hello? WHAT? Stick your rules where the sun don't shine! (Is that a fluent english reaction?) WE! Stay polite and say: "Gesundheit!"

Saying "Gesundheit" means I wish you a good health assuming that a cold could be the reason for sneezing.

On the topic of “sneezing” the following: There are also people in Germany who see it the other way around when someone says “Gesundheit" They then say that they think I'm sick and are offended by that ;-))

Well, for 3+4+5 you're just lacking longlife training to be German LOL. I open a bottle with a bottle opener, but it's easy: just ask your husband for the concept how it works - then you can use everything but please not your smartphone LOL. For Gesundheit: A friend in Arizona came up with this and said it's not so unusual to say instead of bless you now Gesundheit (same pronounciation like in Germany) - so this word is also adapted to the US

Beer bottle opening skills are starting with 13,14,15 year old kid's. Drinking age starts with 16. Therefore Teens will learn to open beer bottles in many ways.

If noone says "Gesundheit" when i sneezed I sometimes say it myself with strong voice. When someone around sneezes very loud I say "You know that you have got to clen that up". 😂 About the beer, got me. But monney I would always take. Something else is a wallet. I would even send it by mail if the Address is in it. Of course using the monney in the wallet.😉 About the paper I would tear all boxes. Didn't know that I am so extremely German 😂😂😂

What should I say, I'm wearing on the middle-finger my left hand a ring made of steel and with it I'm opening beer-bottles. And I can open a beer-bottle with e lighter, screwdriver, folding rule and many other things. The secret is to know how a lever works. When you know it and you can turn it into reality you will be able too to open a beer-bottle with everything. Try it. :-))

The most important part when you open a beer bottle with any object as a lever, is the hand which holds the bottle. That needs to be rigid. If you allow those fingers to move, whilst applying pressure with your improvised lever, the force behind it is lost. That is, how most people fail. When you practise it, you should start with an object, which is not likely to slip or bend. And it is easier, if you use something, that is a bit wider, because narrow objects put a lot of pressure to a single spot on the hand that holds the bottle and makes you loosen your grip, because it feels as if it is about to get painful, just a second before the cap would come off. Also: Do not hold the bottle to low, the pressure from your lever should not be applied to the more sensitive outer parts of the finger. Don´t hold it to high either, because then you are forced to let go a little, before the leverage kicks in and opens the cap. There is no talent required, it is just a matter of practice.

Mein Favorit beim Bier öffnen auf der Baustelle war immer der Zollstock. Seitlich parallel dranhalten, eins der beiden seitlich kürzeren Enden direkt unter den Kronkorken, Flasche und Zollstock mit einer Hand halten und mit der anderen Hand von unten einen Schlag gegen den Zollstock. Das war noch in den 80ern, ich glaube heute ist Bier auf den Baustellen verboten.

Wonderful video - thanks :-)) About the beer bottle thing: I can't do it and I'm German (female though) :-)) So, it's not something you are born with; it's something you have to train a lot. I think it is like someone else wrote further down: secret training at home, mostly as a teenager, so you are not embarrassed in front of your friends... I tried it some times but never got the hang of it. I think the angle plays a role but also how hard you can grab the item to form this angle. I always thought my bones are just to "soft" to provide the right grip or something.

(Recycling) bin services are very expensive, thats why we try to use the space as much as possible. Its forbidden to put trash out without bin e.g. next to it.

I live in Philadelphia, just about everybody says Gesundheit or G_d Bless you. I cannot remember the last time someone sneezed that someone didn't say something.

You are right saying Germans don´t trust in their english skills. My answer always is: "just a little bit", because I know, you will notice every little mistake.

Once i opend a bier with an old cd-rom drive! It was called "De Bier aufmach Laufwerk" or "the Beer openingdrive"😅

Hi from Germany. I don't agree with the bottle opening items in general. In my opinion it's a men thing. Younger ones see it as a challenge when a bottle opener isn't available.

How about to open a bottle: I think a lot of Germans are good at opening a bottle because not just beer bottles have that kind of bottle. So there are a lot of people who learn how to open them since they are a child/teenager. I only managed to open them with a spoon (once) and am otherwise always useing an opener for bottles. About a coin: I honestly never expirienced or heared that someone asks if that is your coin. (I am from Baden-Württemberg) ...

I myself am a 34 year old German ... and I am not able to open a bottle of beer with anything else than a BOTTLE OPENER. Some colleagues and friends already tried to teach me, but maybe I am simply too clumsy for learning this 😂 I also really rarely drink beer at all ... ... ... ... Ok, I just realize ... Am I actually a true native German without drinking beer? 😂😂😂😂😂

As a German, I absolutely use a proper bottle opener for beer bottles. And I take and keep coins that I find on the walkway. But coins aren't exactly something unique belonging to a certain person. Clothes are. So I also put lost hats or gloves up somewhere. But your carton folding issues... come on! You are kidding, right?

Regarding the level of english: I think it's two things: 1st Germans are quite understatement and not off showy in general, and 2nd I think they know it can always be better. Or rather if it's not perfect and you can not express all your thoughts, then it's not perfect, then it's "a bit". 😅 Regarding the coins on the floor etc.: I definitely know that for personal items like hats, mittens, scarfs etc. They get put up a tree or fence or sth. But coins you can pick up and keep, if no person is there that has likely lost it (like someone walking in front of you etc.)

I remember attempts to make people apologize for sneezing as polite and saying "Gesundheit" as rude. That went exactly nowhere, and I only ever met a few people who took that serious.

I am one of those Germans who can't open a beer bottle that way. Probably due to: I might drink one or two beer PER YEAR, and then usually in a restaurant with their own brew,

2:20 I was taught as a kid to say 'Gesundheit' if someone sneezes. We had a french teacher in secondary school (5th grade) and when she sneezed we said 'Gesundheit' and she said how rude it is to say 'Gesundheit'. I as a rather cheeky brat asked her then if I should have said 'Vereck du Aas.' ('go to hell you carrion') - It lead to a visit with the principal, but no other consequences when it was explained what she said and my comment was just seen as a sarcastic reaction to her uncommon and rude reaction. You say thank you if someone wishes you 'Gesundheit' and do not say it's rude to do that.

You can say "Gesundheit" with a funny accent, but you should say it. Even if some people say or act differently.

This kind to open a beerbottle is a relative new thing, i think the younger generation does it, but in the older generation normal openers are still used.

I know people who habitually say "Danke" after they sneezed because the "Gesundheit" is so sure to be said. It's so hard to squeeze in the "Gesundheit" that most of the times it'll come after the "Danke" which leaves me confused every single time... Btw: point 2 made me laugh so hard :)

I open 2 bottles with each other. Proud German moment. 😅

My confidence in my english skills was broken on my first trip abroad when my best possible english sentences were always answered in german.

I am laughing so hard at Gesundheit because yes, you yell that into open windows if someone sneezes ... and I used to be able to open bottles even though I was not drinking beer but my cousins showed me many ways . but I recently was unable to do so, which really annoyed me. I had nothing with me that worked.

"Gesundheit" after a sneezer is no longer compliant these days, the sneezer tends to apologise. That's how things have changed in the meantime. But of course the old way is still in people's mind. In the past, the expression "Gesundheit" was not directed at the sneezer, but at oneself.This ritual dates back to the days of The Plague.

During "Wehrdienst" (military Duty) I had a comrade which could open beer bottles just with his eye socket or teeth. Never try this at home. Just believe me, it hurts!

Originally, saying "Gesundheit" was ment as a protection for yourself from the illness of the sneezer.

Ich musste es auch erst spät erlernen ;-)) Flaschen bspw. mit einem Besteckteil zu öffnen. Ebenso, als Nichtraucher, mit einem Einweg Feuerzeug. Bei meinem Nachbarn bekomme ich immer eine Flasche Bier hin gestellt und meist ist kein normaler Flaschenöffner zur Hand.